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4 a p o d i u m v i e w Welcome to the second edition of the AIS Sports Tally the annual health check for our high performance system. It reviews how Australias national sporting organisations have performed over the past year and provides a forecast for the year ahead. Sports Tally was introduced as part of Australias Winning Edge and endeavours to provide an honest appraisal of the performance of each Winning Edge-funded sport and the sector as a whole. There is no doubt progress is being made on many levels across Australian high performance sport and the AIS continues to be encouraged by the effort and commitment of sports to improve their high performance programs and deliver strong governance for their constituents. We are now more than half way through the summer Olympic and Paralympic cycle and two years have passed since the launch of Australias Winning Edge the 10-year plan which sets out ambitious targets for Australias high performance sports sector to 2022. While last year there was further evidence of progress from sports Australias performance at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow provided a reminder of the significance of the challenge ahead. In Glasgow Australia lost the title of number one nation at the Commonwealth Games for the first time since 1986. There were some excellent breakthrough and world-class performances by the Australian team in Glasgow such as the Australian womens 4 x 100-metre swimming world record however there were also a number of sports which fell short of expectations. Australias Commonwealth Games performance since 1982 Glasgow is not the only indicator as to Australias aspiration for the 2016 Rio Games but it serves as an important and timely reminder of how competitive the world of sport is becoming. For Australia to achieve the ambitious target of a top five finish at the Olympic and Paralympic Games it will require a combination of the right number of true medal contenders and the right level of conversion. This contest will be tight and the margins for success small. Australias traditional rivals Great Britain are expected to benefit from the bounce of the London Games in 2012. Some of this was evidenced in Glasgow at the Commonwealth Games. In addition our neighbours in New Zealand have demonstrated what can be achieved with a very targeted and considered investment and performance approach. From an Olympic perspective Australia has made good progress throughout 2014 and remains on track to improve the overall position from London. Should this happen it will be the first time since the 2000 Olympics an Australian team has improved its overall position from the previous Games. The targets announced under Winning Edge were ambitious and the plan bold. The one thing that Australians can be sure of is that the AIS remains committed to the Winning Edge strategy. While top five in Rio 2016 remains our goal we recognise three years into the implementation of Winning Edge this target is aspirational especially considering the high calibre of rival nations. That notwithstanding we remain extremely committed and are working hard towards achieving a top five finish at Rio 2016. Brisbane 1982 Auckland 1990 Edinburgh 1986 Victoria 1994 Kuala Lumpur 1998 Melbourne 2006 Manchester 2002 Delhi 2010 Glasgow 2014 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd